Global Warming: New Solution By Scientist Is Trillions Of Orbiting Mirrors

Global Warming: New Solution By Scientist Is Trillions Of Orbiting Mirrors

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What if we wait too long to act on global warming? What if nothing we do is enough? Already, scientists are working up plans of last resort: stratospheric sprays of sulfur, trillions of orbiting mirrors and thousands of huge off-shore saltwater fountains.

Each is designed to counteract global warming by deliberately deflecting sunlight, rather than by retooling the world's economy to eliminate carbon-rich oil, coal and natural gas.

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This seems so bizarre it might work, yet carries with it some grave concerns. Putting up the mirrors would be cost prohibitive while adding what amounts to artificial clouds, what happens if the process cools the earth too fast?

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Ideas like these deeply concern me. We're going to kill ourselves without ever firing a shot.

Climate change is normal. The planet can handle it.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

From what I know 'hydrogen chloride', would be of great help to repair some of the mischarges taking place up there.It would help relieve the atmospheric pressure built up..

[edit on 22-6-2007 by menguard]

Anybody seen that episode of Futurama?

The logistics of mirrors floating in space are completely preposterous, for the reason that even the tiniest meteor striking one or all of these mirrors can come to a catastrophe we would only be creating for ourselves.

Who knows. I agree, it ain't broken, the earth can handle climate change. And what is happening now, is likely a natural cycle of the earth anyhow.

Originally posted by apc
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I can only agree with this 100%.

If the "doomsday prophets" would look at daily weather reports, they will find that extreme heatwaves occurred several times in the last hundred years and some records still stand.

The infamous dustbowl of the 30's prove that the Earth is going to do what she wants to do despite what man does.

Indeed. It is better to adapt to what's going on rather than to attempt to change something we only barely understand-the climate.

Isnt this what the chemtrails are supposed to be doing, or at least one of the many theories about the trails? I have heard that they are supposed to be reflecting the sunlight to combat global warming. But then again, arent they supposed to be controlling the weather, and our minds as well?

I agree with Intelearthling. If it aint broke, dont fix it. Let all the gloom and doomers keep dreaming.

Just a thought.

Originally posted by apc

Climate change is normal. The planet can handle it.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Very well said but, I have to wonder where all the supportters of Global warming are on this ? Odd none of them are commenting on possible solutions or do they just come out when the fanatics insist we are doomed?

I for one believe that gw is real, albeit not anthropogenic. Dramatic reductions in CO2 emissions will, IMO, most likely have no effect. Instead, we should all think of ways to best cope with the EFFECTS of gw.

This ones a silly solution imo. There are only so many countries with the technology to put satellites in space, not to mention those mirrors will end up blocking my view.

I believe climate change is real, I believe we contribute to it, I also believe its a natural change, But I also believe that no matter how much we are or arnt contributing to climate change becoming a 'greener' society is important, it has so many benefits other than simply reduced pollution.

This scenario, which I think there is a news article and a normal thread on as is,
but it was a while ago, so I may be wrong, is simply a theory for a last chance scenario.

It would cost far to much money and take far to much time to be done, and would not
be very effective in the short term or for more than a few hundred years if even that.


Global Warming, which really is a misnomer, as it should be referred to more accurately
as Artificially Induced Climate Changed or Artificially Inflated Climate Change (AICC) is a reality.

However, this so called solution is not.

I don't believe this idea will ever get anywhere. It's bad enough already.

More than 9,000 pieces of space debris are orbiting the Earth, a hazard that can only be expected to get worse in the next few years. And currently there's no workable and economic way to clean up the mess.

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If 9,000 pieces of crap floating around are a hazard to NASA, how about a few trillion?

We should face it... if this world wants to get warmer, there isn't a whole lot we puny humans are going to be able to do about it.

edit to change billions to trillions cuz trillions is, like, wa-a-ay more.



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Originally posted by shots
Very well said but, I have to wonder where all the supportters of Global warming are on this ? Odd none of them are commenting on possible solutions or do they just come out when the fanatics insist we are doomed?

I don't know about where you are, but around here it's still light out...

I would be very worried if any of these "plans" were attempted. Who knows what biological or environmental processes are dependent on our natural climatic cycles.

Originally posted by apc
Climate change is normal. The planet can handle it.

True...But what the extremist ecologists are fuming about is the fact that humanity itself may not be able to handle it...

Still, it's my opinion that we can try to lessen mankind's effect on climate change by seeking alternate fuel/energy sources. For example, how many people realize that the NRA hasn't issued any licensing for nuclear power plants for more than thirty years? We would also need to reduce our dependance on fossil fuels (breaking Big Oil's monopoly on our energy needs), use solar/wind/geothermal/etc. to a greater extent, put stricter pollution controls on polluting industries...And so on.

One of the main reasons why we haven't done so already is because of the Big Oil manipulation of the energy-markets. It would also give us more incentive to get out of the Middle East & let them tear themselves apart without any more of our interference...They've got their problems, but we've got ours too.

Originally posted by uberarcanist
Indeed. It is better to adapt to what's going on rather than to attempt to change something we only barely understand-the climate.

The problem with that is that evolution is much slower than the corporate greed that produces so much pollution in the first place. Ever wonder how much pollution that just the USA produces? Check out here.

Another thing to consider is what other things humanity does that worsens our chance for surviving long enough to adapt: What about when pollution in the oceans kill off entire populations of plankton? After all, three-fourths of the oxygen content of our atmosphere comes from such plankton. How about the further depletion of oxygen by deforestation? It's not really the global warming that concerns me as much as how the current oxygen content of our air is mixed with toxic pollution.

Originally posted by MidnightDStroyer
True...But what the extremist ecologists are fuming about is the fact that humanity itself may not be able to handle it...

Well, we've handled it before and we'll probably handle it again, just in fewer numbers. In the unlikely event that this planet decides to no longer be habitable for us at all... well... on that day it will certainly suck to be human.

This is a extremely bad idea.

This will cause more problems than solve anything.

Anthropogenic CO2 is not the reason why the Earth is warming, and as others have said we should be trying to adapt to the changes instead of trying to change a natural cycle of the Earth.

[edit on 23-6-2007 by Muaddib]

Well, on the bright side at least they are realizing and addressing the main source for global warming. The solar radiation and power output of the sun.

my 2 cents, use solar panels for the mirrors, and get some energy out of the deal.

Originally posted by jprophet420
my 2 cents, use solar panels for the mirrors, and get some energy out of the deal.

The Earth gets bombarded daily by energetic particles, and debris from space. Those mirrors or solar panels wouldn't last more than a week and would have to be replaced constantly.

This is by far one of the dumbest ideas i have heard of. Appart from the idea some geniouses at NASA came up with of using a comet to attract the Earth to an orbit far from the Sun...which is the dumbest idea they came up with so far...

[edit on 23-6-2007 by Muaddib]